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Senior Manager, Mechanisms Engineering (R4858)

Shield AI — Tracked from its lever job board

Dallas, Texas Manager USD 185,234–277,850 Posted Apr 23, 2026

About the role

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

Job Description:
Shield AI is seeking a Senior Manager, Mechanisms Engineering to support the development of mechanisms for our next-generation autonomous aircraft program. As a contributor on the Launch and Recovery Vehicle team you will lead the design and development of high-performance mechanisms from concept through production release. In this role, you’ll lead and contribute to the development of complex, mission-critical technologies while guiding a talented team to deliver at a high level. Blending hands-on technical work with leadership, you’ll help drive innovation, solve challenging problems, and bring cutting-edge systems from concept to reality.

What the index says about this role

  • First seen by JobLarper — Aug 2, 2026, 5 days ago. Older postings collect hundreds of applicants — a tailored résumé matters more the longer a role has been live.
  • No pay range in our index for this listing. Across 176 indexed Engineering Manager roles in US that do publish one, the middle half sits between $238k and $309k, median $271k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from Shield AI.
  • What Engineering Manager roles ask for — across 1,152 indexed openings: REST/APIs (43%), Backend (31%), Cloud (27%), AI/LLM (26%), ML (23%).
  • Shield AI is hiring actively — 274 open roles indexed.

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